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No. 353,746. Patented Dec. 7, 1886.

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UNITED STATES l PATENT OTEICE.

WILLIAM A. HARDER, OF LANSINGBURG, NEW YORK.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,746, dated December'7, 1886.

Application filed November 19, 18F5. Renewed October 25. 1886., SerialNo. 217,167. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM A. HARDER, a resident of Lansingburg, in thecounty of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Shirts; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, thatwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several gures therein.

My invention relates to improvements in shirt-sleeves, and moreparticularly to sleeves made of knitted or other elastic fabric.

The object of my invention is to produce a yielding two-ply shirt-sleevefrom a single piece oi' knitted orl other elastic fabric.

My invention consists in forming a shirtsleeve from a single piece oftubular elastic fabric by inclosing one moiety of the piece within theother, whereby the middle portion of the piece forms one end of thesleeve, and the other two ends ofthe piece, being brought intoconjunction, or nearly so, and stitched to the shirt, forni the otherend of the sleeve.

Figure l of the drawings is a front elevation of an undershirt having myimproved sleeves attached. Fig. 2 is a side view of one of the sleevesdetached. Fig. 3 is across-section taken at broken line a: y in Fig. 2.Fig. 4 is a side View of a tubular piece of fabric from which mymprovedsleeve may be formed, as explained. Fig. 5 is alongitudinalcentral section 0f same. Fig. 6 is a side view of the strip shown inFigs. 4 and 5, having one end inclosed by the other and a portion of theinclosing-end broken away to show the other. Fig. 7 is an end view ofthe right-hand end of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a central longitudinal section'of sleeve shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 9 is a sectional view of portions ofsleeve and shirt-body surrounding the arm-hole, showing the sleeveattached to the shirt.

A is the body of the shirt, andBthe sleeves.

lThe sleeves are preferably made from fabric knitted with ribs to giveit more elasticity, and in tubular form of the desired diameter to formsleeves, and' in long strips, which may be cut, as required, intostrips' of the proper length to form the sleeves desired. Figs. 4 and 5show such pieces, P. One end of the piece is then drawn over the other,as shown in Fig. 6, until the two ends are about coincident, when theyare stitched to the edges of the armhole of the shirt-body, as shown inFig. 9.

In the several figures, b represents the outer end or moiety of thestrips, which is drawn over so as to inclose the other moiety, a. Themiddle portion of the strips forms the fold D, which unites the plies offabric a and b and forms the outlet C of the sleeve.

When the ends of the elastic strip are stitched lto the shirt-body, theymay be eX- panded tocorrespond in size with the armhole, as shown inFig. l, the shade-lines representing the ribs knitted in the fabric togive it greater elasticity.

The extended end of the sleeve, presenting a folded edge, requires nobinding or hem to give it a finished appearance; and the whole operationof making my improved sleeve is comprised in knitting astrip or piece oftubular fabric, inclosing one end of the piece within the other, so thatthe ends can be conjointly stitched to the shirt-body, as shown anddescribed;

The elasticity of the fabric renders the sleeve close-fitting throughoutits length, by reason of which it does not interfere with the genteelappearance and fit of the outer garments worn over the shirt.

The sleeve being two-ply throughout itsv length, it maybe veryconsiderably expanded at the larger portions of the arm without leavinguncovered openings through the fabric, which are caused by expanding asingle-thick fabric, thus affording a warm and comfortable close-fittingsleeve; and there are no loose edges or sea-ms to fray out and presentan untidy appearance, or uncomfortably affect the .wearer by reason` ofthe compression usually attending a close-fitting garment.

My improved sleeve may be applied to other garments as well as shirts.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A shirt provided with two-plyr sleeves, each 'sleeve consisting of anopen-ended tube of In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 1o elasticfabric folded at its middle portion, one my hand this 18th day ofNovember, 1885. half of said tube being within and inclosed by l theotherhalf, andthesepaiiatecoincident ends WILLYAM A. HARDER. 5 of thetwo plies of the sleeves being attached to the shirt at the arm-scye,whereby the Witnesses:

folded middle portion of the tube forms the GEO. A. MOSHER, Wristportion of the sleeve, as shown und de- W. H. HoLLIsTER, Jr. scribed.

